Why is it dangerous to be outside during a thunderstorm?

Answer 1

Lightning is an electrical discharge. Our bodies, especially the heart, uses electrical impulses. Our hearts and muscles use sodium and fluids; this becomes a conduit for electricity. If you get struck by lightning, you can die because the heart can stop or become so irregular and non-functioning that it leads to complete heart attack and lack of respirations. If left without oxygen, your brain can be affected. You can also suffer severe burns.

Answer 2

There is no such thing as "heat lightning." It is a misleading term that somebody came up with and it caught on, but delve through any textbook on meteorology and you will not find it, because it doesn't exist. What most people call "heat lightning", essentially seeing flashes of lighting on the horizon but not hearing thunder with it, is simply a situation where the observer is too far away from the thunderstorm to hear the thunder. But there is definitely thunder. Remember, light travels faster and further than sound can.

Answer 3

well most dangerous is lightning cause they can kill people or injure them badly sometimes recovering from lightning strikes can take years but mostly it could take months lightning can occur anywhere including houses and buildings and thunder can occur after lightning and it can really loud enough to make someone death or frightening other people and pets so frighten that several of people mostly pets and children hide

Answer 4

Thunderstorms are dangerous because lightning kills more people each year than tornadoes and hurricanes combined. Thunder is the noise of the lightning's heat expanding quickly in air, but the lightning is the dangerous part.

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Answer 5

Well, if you're in water, a lightning strike might come and shock you. Another thing about lightning is that it can also cause fires. Trees, especially, can easily catch on fire. That's all I can think of, but hope that helps!

Answer 6

If you are outside during a thunderstorm you are at risk of being struck by lighting. In a severe thunderstorm there is potential for large hail and dangerous wind gusts.

Answer 7

Because it kills people :P

Answer 8

nothing